AARP Oregon

By Andrea Meyer

For the past year, older adults in Oregon read the Oregon Health Authority Covid reports daily including death counts that disproportionately impacted people 50-plus. And as the vaccine became available, the tension increased because of a rocky rollout and not enough vaccine for those who desperately wanted – and needed it. In our state, 91% of the deaths were from people 50 and older.

By Andrea Meyer

Join AARP Oregon and Center 50+ for tips, tools and up-to-date information about maintaining brain health.

AARP Oregon hosted “Resilient Futures 2021,” a virtual disaster preparedness & resilience conference on June 29-30.

From Eastern Oregon to the Southern Oregon Coast, AARP Challenge Grants have helped Oregon communities with small projects to make communities big and small more livable. AARP has donated funds to 11 Oregon communities since the grant project began in 2017.

AARP Foundation Tax-Aide volunteers will implement sanitary and social distancing precautions, use technology such as video chats and other strategies to keep clients as safe as possible during the pandemic.

The annual Oregon Scam Jam will take place four Fridays in April. The Oregon Attorney General and other experts will provide information and tips during four virtual sessions to help residents fight against fraud.

Portland – Two Oregon communities will get a boost in recovering from the 2020 wildfires thanks to $200,000 in grants from the AARP Foundation. These grants are part of $1 million the foundation granted to organizations after 2020 disasters from fires and Hurricane Sally. Grantees of AARP Foundation's ’Wildfire Relief Fund" in Oregon include:

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